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ʻO Flortaucipir F-18 he lāʻau lapaʻau radioactive tracer i hoʻohana ʻia i nā kiʻi lolo kūikawā e ʻike i nā tangles protein tau. Kōkua kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i nā kauka e ʻike i ka hana ʻino ʻana o ka protein tau i kou lolo ma o ka PET scan, hiki ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike waiwai e pili ana i ka maʻi Alzheimer a me nā kūlana pili.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma o ka IV i kou lima ma kahi haukapila a i ʻole ke kikowaena kiʻi. He maʻalahi ke kaʻina hana a lawe i kekahi mau minuke e lawelawe ai, akā pono ʻoe e kali ma kahi o 75-105 mau minuke ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāu scan lolo.
Ua hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia ka Flortaucipir F-18 e kōkua i nā kauka e ʻike i nā tangles protein tau i kou lolo. Kōkua maʻamau nā protein Tau i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke ʻano o nā cell lolo, akā i kekahi mau kūlana, hiki iā lākou ke hui pū a hana i nā tangles e hoʻopilikia i ka hana lolo maʻamau.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e loiloi i nā pākeke me ka hōʻino ʻana i ka cognitive e loiloi ʻia nei no ka maʻi Alzheimer. Kōkua nā hopena kiʻi i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano a me ka nui o ka hana ʻana o ka protein tau i kou lolo, hiki ke kākoʻo i ka hōʻailona a me ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia scan inā e ʻike nei ʻoe i nā pilikia hoʻomanaʻo, huikau, a i ʻole nā hoʻololi cognitive ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka maʻi Alzheimer. Hāʻawi ka scan i ka ʻike hou e hoʻokō i nā hoʻokolohua diagnostic ʻē aʻe a me nā loiloi lapaʻau.
Hana ʻo Flortaucipir F-18 ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā tangles protein tau i kou ʻiʻo lolo. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia, hele ka radioactive tracer ma kou kahe koko a hele i loko o kou lolo, kahi e pili ai i nā wahi me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ka protein tau.
He mea hana diagnostic i manaʻo ʻia ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hāʻawi ka mea radioactive i ka mea nānā PET e ʻike pono i kahi i hōʻiliʻili ai ka tracer, e hana ana i nā kiʻi kikoʻī e hōʻike ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana o nā tau tangles ma kou lolo.
He mea liʻiliʻi loa ka nui o ka radioactivity i loko o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau a ua helu ʻia me ka mālama no ka palekana. E hoʻopau maoli kou kino i ka tracer i nā hola a me nā lā ma hope o ke kaʻina hana.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe ʻo Flortaucipir F-18 ma ke ʻano he injection hoʻokahi ma o ka laina IV i kou lima. E hāʻawi kahi loea lapaʻau nuklea i aʻo ʻia a i ʻole ke kahu hānai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kahi haukapila a i ʻole ke kikowaena kiʻi kūikawā.
Ma mua o kāu injection, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai a inu maʻamau ke ʻole e hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī. ʻAʻohe pono e hoʻokē ʻai a i ʻole e hana i nā loli meaʻai kūikawā ma mua o kēia kaʻina hana.
Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka injection, pono ʻoe e kali i 75-105 mau minuke ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāu scan PET. I loko o kēia manawa kali, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha i kahi wahi ʻoluʻolu, a e nānā nā limahana iā ʻoe no nā hopena koke.
He mau minuke wale nō ka injection, a ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ma mua o ka huki koko maʻamau. E hōʻoia kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu i ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Flortaucipir F-18 ma ke ʻano he injection hoʻokahi, hoʻokahi manawa no kēlā me kēia haʻawina kiʻi. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i nā manawa he nui a i ʻole no ka manawa lōʻihi e like me kāu e hana ai me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Noho ka mea radioactive tracer i loko o kou kino no kekahi mau hola ma hope o ka injection, ʻo ia ke kiʻi manawa e pono ai e hoʻopau i kāu scan lolo. E hoʻopau maoli kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kekahi mau lā.
Inā pono kāu kauka i nā kiʻi hou aʻe i ka wā e hiki mai ana, e kauoha lākou i kahi manawa kaʻawale me kahi injection hou. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pono nā scans hou me kēia tracer no ka hapa nui o nā maʻi.
ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka injection Flortaucipir F-18. Ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao, he maʻalahi a he manawa pōkole, e hoʻoponopono ana iā lākou iho i loko o kekahi mau hola.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao i hōʻike pinepine ʻia, ʻoiai e pili ana lākou i kahi pākēneka liʻiliʻi o nā maʻi:
Hiki ke mālama ʻia kēia mau hopena a ʻaʻole pono i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā ma waho o ka hoʻomaha a me nā ana hōʻoluʻolu.
He kakaikahi loa nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo koke i kāu hui mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka pehu nui, a i ʻole ka ʻōpala ākea.
Ke hopohopo nei kekahi poʻe maʻi e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation, akā he haʻahaʻa loa ka nui o ka radioactivity i loko o kēia tracer a ua manaʻo ʻia he palekana no nā kiʻi diagnostic. Ua like ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation me ka mea āu e loaʻa ai mai nā kaʻina hana kiʻi lapaʻau maʻamau.
He palekana ʻo Flortaucipir F-18 no ka hapa nui o nā mākua, akā aia kekahi mau kūlana kahi e ʻōlelo ai kāu kauka i kēia haʻawina kiʻi. E nānā pono kāu hui mālama ola i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kaʻina hana.
Pono ʻoe e haʻi i kāu kauka inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e hāpai ana paha, no ka mea, pono e pale ʻia ka hōʻike ʻana i ka radiation i ka wā hāpai ke ʻole he mea pono loa. Inā ʻoe e hānai umauma ana, e kūkākūkā kāu kauka i ka manawa o ke kaʻina hana a me nā hana e pono ai.
Hiki i nā poʻe me nā pilikia kīkī koʻikoʻi ke pono i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā, no ka mea, ua hoʻopau ʻia ka tracer ma o nā kīkī. E nānā kāu kauka i kāu hana kīkī ma mua o ke kaʻina hana inā he hopohopo.
Inā he moʻolelo kou o nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā mea ʻokoʻa a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau kiʻi ʻē aʻe, e hōʻoia e haʻi i kāu hui mālama ola. ʻOiai he kakaikahi loa nā hopena maʻi maʻi i ka Flortaucipir F-18, makemake lākou e hana i nā hana kūpono.
ʻAʻole pili kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau me kēia tracer, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau. Eia naʻe, e hāʻawi mau i kāu kauka i kahi papa inoa piha o nā mea a pau āu e lawe nei, me nā mea hoʻohui a me nā huahana ma luna o ka counter.
Loaʻa ʻo Flortaucipir F-18 ma lalo o ka inoa inoa ʻo Tauvid. ʻO kēia ka inoa kalepa āu e ʻike nui ai ma kāu pepa hana kiʻi a me nā moʻolelo lapaʻau.
Hiki i kekahi mau keʻena lapaʻau ke kuhikuhi iā ia ma kona inoa generic, flortaucipir F-18, a i ʻole ma kona inoa ʻenehana. ʻO kēia mau inoa a pau e pili ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau like a me ke kaʻina hana kiʻi.
E hoʻohana kāu ʻoihana ʻinikua a me ka hui lapaʻau i kēia mau inoa i ka wā e hoʻopili ai i kāu mālama ʻana, no laila he mea kōkua ke ʻike ʻo Tauvid a me flortaucipir F-18 ka lāʻau lapaʻau like.
Aia nā mea ʻē aʻe e kiʻi ana i ka lolo i loaʻa no ka loiloi ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka maʻi Alzheimer a me ka dementia. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā ala ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka ʻike kikoʻī e pono ai lākou e pili ana i kou kūlana.
ʻO Florbetapir F-18 (Amyvid) kekahi mea huli PET e ʻike ai i nā papa amyloid ma mua o nā tangles tau. Hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi ke loaʻa nā ʻano scans ʻelua e loaʻa ai ke kiʻi piha o nā loli lolo.
Hiki i nā kiʻi lolo kuʻuna e like me MRI a i ʻole CT scans ke hōʻike i nā loli structural i ka lolo akā ʻaʻole lākou e hāʻawi i ka ʻike kikoʻī like e pili ana i nā waihona protein. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau mea me ka ʻole a i ʻole ma kahi o nā kiʻi PET ma muli o kou kūlana.
He mea nui ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka cognitive, ka hana koko, a me nā loiloi lapaʻau i ka loiloi dementia. E hana kāu kauka i kahi hoʻolālā diagnostic piha e pili ana i nā ala he nui e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike e pono ai no kāu mālama.
Hāʻawi ʻo Flortaucipir F-18 i nā pono kūʻokoʻa no ka mea e kuhikuhi pono ana i nā tangles protein tau, ʻaʻole hiki i nā ʻano hana kiʻi ʻē aʻe ke ʻike. ʻO kēia ka mea e waiwai nui ai no ka loiloi ʻana i ka maʻi o Alzheimer, kahi e pāʻani ai nā tangles tau i kahi hana koʻikoʻi i ka holomua o ka maʻi.
Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā scans MRI a i ʻole CT maʻamau, hāʻawi kēia mea huli PET i ka ʻike hana e pili ana i nā waihona protein ma mua o nā loli lolo structural. Hiki i kēia ke kōkua i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole wale ke ʻano o kou lolo, akā pehea e pili ai nā hana maʻi kikoʻī i ka ʻiʻo lolo.
Eia naʻe, lawelawe nā ʻano hana kiʻi like ʻole i nā kumu like ʻole i kāu mālama. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā scans MRI no ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka cognitive i ka ʻike e pili ana i ke ʻano o nā loli lolo e pili ana i kāu hana i kēlā me kēia lā.
E koho kāu kauka i ke ala kiʻi kūpono loa e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona kikoʻī, ka mōʻaukala olakino, a me ka ʻike e pono ai lākou e alakaʻi i kāu lapaʻau. I kekahi manawa, hāʻawi nā ʻano kiʻi he nui i ke kiʻi piha loa o kou kūlana.
ʻAe, palekana maʻamau ʻo Flortaucipir F-18 no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes. ʻAʻole pili ka tracer i nā pae kōpaʻa koko, a hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes e like me ka maʻamau i ka lā o kāu scan.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka nānā ʻana i kāu glucose koko e like me ka maʻamau a lawe mai i nā lako diabetes pono me ʻoe i kāu manawa. Inā he hopohopo kāu e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i kāu maʻi diabetes i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana, e kūkākūkā me kāu hui mālama ola ma mua.
ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka overdose me Flortaucipir F-18 no ka mea ua ana pono ʻia ka lāʻau a hāʻawi ʻia e nā poʻe loea i aʻo ʻia i nā wahi lapaʻau i mālama ʻia. Hoʻoholo pololei ʻia ka dosing ma muli o kou kaumaha a me nā koi kiʻi.
Inā he hopohopo kāu e pili ana i ka nui o ka lāʻau i loaʻa iā ʻoe, e kamaʻilio koke me kāu hui lāʻau lapaʻau nuklea. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoia a me ka nānā ʻana inā pono, ʻoiai he kakaikahi loa nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai kēia tracer.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kāu manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i ke kikowaena kiʻi i ka hiki wawe e hoʻonohonoho hou. No ka mea, ua kauoha kūikawā ʻia kēia lāʻau a hoʻomākaukau ʻia no kēlā me kēia maʻi, pono lākou i ka hoʻolaha mua e hoʻomākaukau no kāu manawa hou.
Mai hopohopo e pili ana i nā hopena olakino mai ka hala ʻana i ka manawa. He hoʻokolohua diagnostic kēia ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, no laila ʻaʻole e hoʻonui ka lohi i kou kūlana. E hana pū kāu hui mālama ola me ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi manawa hou e hana me kāu papa.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i nā hana maʻamau ma hope koke o ka pau ʻana o kāu scan PET. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻokele iā lākou iho i ka home, hoʻi i ka hana, a i ʻole e hoʻomau me kā lākou hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā.
I nā hola 24 mua ma hope o kāu pahu, e hoʻopau ana ʻoe i ka mea hōʻailona radioactive ma o kou mimi. Hiki i kāu hui mālama ola ke ʻōlelo aku e inu i nā wai hou e kōkua i ka holoi ʻana i ka lāʻau mai kou ʻōnaehana, ʻoiai he ana palekana kēia.
ʻAʻole pili ʻo Flortaucipir F-18 me ka hapa nui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau kauoha maʻamau e like me ka maʻamau. Aia kēia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau no nā maʻi puʻuwai, ka maʻi diabetes, ke koko kiʻekiʻe, a me nā maʻi maʻi ʻē aʻe.
E hōʻike mau i kāu hui mālama ola e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau āu e lawe nei, me nā huahana a me nā mea hoʻohui i kūʻai ʻia ma luna o ka pāʻani. ʻOiai he kakaikahi nā pilina, makemake lākou e hōʻoia i kou palekana piha a me ka pololei o kāu mau hopena kiʻi.
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